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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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